Newsletter Archive May 6, 2022 The fresh crop has arrived for 2022 Guzhu Zi Sun (Purple Bamboo Shoot), one of our most unique and small-scale green teas. With the release of this new tea, we’re proud to uphold our years-running Mother’s Day tradition of featuring Purple Bamboo Shoot as tea made by a small-but-mighty team… // MORE
Newsletter Archive Apr. 29, 2022 2022 Spring teas are here at a last. As per our tradition, we’re immediately offering a discount on Shifeng Longjing for the first weekend. This discount comes with our gratitude to you. If you’re reading this, you’re likely as excited to see these teas show up as we are. Along… // MORE
Newsletter Archive Apr. 22, 2022 This weekend, all our scented teas are featured and available to you. It’s a full on enflorage for sipping on your back porch, at your breakfast table, or in your midnight cuppa. For us, a guiding principle is to select the scented teas that can still be appreciated by folks… // MORE
Newsletter Archive Apr. 15, 2022 This is the first anniversary in two years since the teahouse has been open for table service. This has us reflecting on how fortunate we are to be there in the first place. The story of how it all came together is one of no small amount of hard work,… // MORE
Newsletter Archive Apr. 8, 2022 As spring roars into full effect, we’re bringing out a few hidden treasures. Now available in our online store and teahouse is a limited delivery of Yiwushan (Yiwu Mountain) 2020, a light-bodied sheng puer with layers of spring meadow character. We’re also highlighting two other Yunnan-grown micro-lots: Dark, old, and… // MORE
Newsletter Archive Apr. 1, 2022 This weekend we’re featuring three teas from three unusual tea bush cultivars: one new, one old, and one downright prehistoric. That’s Huang Guanyin wulong tea, Tieguanyin Baicha white tea, and Laoshu Dianhong black tea. In the span of these three teas, you’re in for a tour through humanity’s long history… // MORE
Newsletter Archive Mar. 25, 2022 A few weeks ago, we surveyed you on what new teas you’d like to see this year. Thanks to everyone who responded! As expected, you had some thoughtful ideas on what to bring in. Something that we didn’t expect, though, was that the humble category of Shu Puer topped the… // MORE
Newsletter Archive Mar. 18, 2022 This weekend we’re featuring Jin Guanyin (Golden Guanyin) and Chuantong Tieguanyin (Traditional Tieguanyin), two wulong teas that straddle styles and generations. When Austin first met Zhang Qingmu, Zhang was fresh out of college and working to promote his uncle and father’s Tieguanyin wulong tea on the wholesale market. Today, Mr.… // MORE
Newsletter Archive Mar. 11, 2022 This weekend, brew a cup of darkness with two new-process shu puer from the factory of Chen Keke and Li Dong – Shu Longzhu (Sweet Dragon Ball) 2016 and the Cha Tao (Aged Old Tree) 2017 cake, now back in stock after selling out surprisingly quickly. When we first started… // MORE
Newsletter Archive Mar. 4 2022 You might already know Liu Dexi. If you’ve tasted our Shuixian (Narcissus), Ba Xian (Eight Immortals), or the new 2021 Tie Luo Han (Iron Monk), you at least know Mr. Liu’s work. The man invests so much of himself into his tea making, the art and artist are hard to… // MORE
Newsletter Archive Feb. 25, 2022 There’s a new micro-lot selection among our black teas. Welcome Chi Gan (Sweet Vermilion) from Wu Jianming: the innovative tea maker behind Zui Chun Fang (Drunken Peach) and Tongmu Lapsang Souchong. If you’ve followed Seven Cups’ black tea selection for a while, you know Wu Jianming is a tea maker… // MORE
Newsletter Archive Feb. 18, 2022 What is the oldest style of pan-fired tea in the world? Huangshan Maofeng has an arguable claim to that title. The story of modern tea processing starts with a rebellion and a ban. The rebellion is that which brought the ascendance of China’s Ming Dynasty in 1368 CE and its… // MORE
Newsletter Archive Feb. 11, 2022 I hear you saying Valentine’s Day is a consumer holiday, but we’ll argue there’s plenty to celebrate here. A day to celebrate your beloved, sure, but consider that St. Valentine is also the patron saint of beekeepers. We’ll toast to that. Maybe you’re more for celebrating the other rites of… // MORE
Newsletter Archive Feb. 4, 2022 This weekend brings a bit of something new (and kinda old.) The Laowushan Sheng Puer micro-lot from 2009 just got added to our store. This tiny gem of a sheng puer is woodsy and sweet, showing some dark sophistication from twelve years of aging in Pu’er City. Alongside it, we’re… // MORE
Newsletter Archive Jan. 21, 2022 Zhuping grew up at the end of the cultural revolution, a time without love songs. Much later in life, she met Austin, an American, and before either knew it, they were out on a date, strolling together along the banks of the Pearl River. Moved by the romance of this… // MORE
Newsletter Archive Jan. 14, 2022 Continuing with our 2021 retrospective, this week we bring you the personal favorites of our teahouse team: Da Fo Longjing (Big Buddha Dragon Well), Zi Ye Shu (Purple Leaf Shu Puer) and Bai Long Xu (White Dragon Whiskers) White Puer. 2022 marks 18 years of our teahouse being open in… // MORE
Newsletter Archive Jan. 7, 2022 With the new year, we’ve found ourselves reflecting on the teas of 2021 and picking out some favorites. This weekend we’re featuring Rougui (Cassia Bark), Anji Hong, Mogan Huangya, and White Moonlight 2018. Each one of these teas is a personal favorite from the Seven Cups warehouse team. Our warehouse… // MORE
Newsletter Archive Dec. 31, 2021 With a close to the year, comes one final tea – Mr. Liu’s 2021 Da Hong Pao. This weekend, we’re featuring it and all of Wuyishan’s “four famous” rock wulong. That includes 2021’s production of Da Hong Pao (Big Red Robe), Shui Jin Gui (Golden Water Turtle), Tie Luo Han… // MORE
Newsletter Archive Dec. 24, 2021 Behold! Some golden rays of light in the longest nights of the year: Golden Buds, Golden Peacock, Golden Guanyin, and Golden Leaf are featured this weekend. These black, green, and wulong teas are united by their names and glittering color, but widely different from each other. Flavors span peppery cacao,… // MORE
Newsletter Archive Dec. 3, 2021 This year’s final microlot is here. Behold the unusual Zijuan Hong Purple Leaf Yunnan Black Tea. It’s available now. If you’re a Tasting Flight subscriber, you’re guaranteed a bag in your December delivery. If you’re curious about these purple leaves, take note: this weekend we’re also featuring all other purple… // MORE
Newsletter Archive Nov. 12, 2021 Like a cold snap of autumn, new Wuyi rock wulong is here. This weekend, we’re featuring three of our personal favorites from the new crop: Ba Xian (Eight Immortals), Rougui (Cassia Bark), and Que She (Sparrow’s Tongue). Toasty, sweet and complex. It’s what you need for the back porch. The… // MORE
Newsletter Archive Nov. 5, 2021 New puer teas just arrived, including several new additions to our catalog of sheng puer cakes: Xiaohuzhai 2019, Xinbanzhang 2019, and Jingmaishan (Jingmai Mountain) 2007. There’s even more new stuff on the site and there’s limited stock of a few old favorites too, including Youleshan 2007, Daxueshan 2012, and the… // MORE
Newsletter Archive Oct. 15, 2021 People often ask us which tea is our personal favorite. Depending on the day and which one of us is talking, you’ll get one of 100 different answers. This may seem like a cop-out, but we drink it all. If we don’t like it, how could we expect you to… // MORE
Newsletter Archive Oct. 8, 2021 With a supply chain crisis in the news, it may not surprise you to find a number of your favorite teas out of stock. Fortunately, we have an optimistic forecast. For those interested in the buzz around the tea supply chain, read on. If you’re just here for the tea,… // MORE
Newsletter Archive Oct. 1, 2021 This weekend we’re featuring Laoshu Dianhong (Old Tree Yunnan) and Jinya (Yunnan Golden Buds), two impossibly fragrant and sweet black teas from Yunnan’s Fengqing County. Fengqing County, this far-out corner of China, is full of contradictions. As a tea origin, it’s imagined as both the youngest and the oldest. Its… // MORE
Newsletter Archive Sep. 17, 2021 This weekend we’re featuring Shui Jin Gui (Golden Water Turtle) and Tie Luo Han (Iron Monk), two classics of Wuyi Rock Wulong. Both were produced by the tea workshop of the great Liu Guoying and finished with a traditional charcoal roasting. If one person deserves the title “Tea Master” it’s… // MORE
Newsletter Archive Sep. 10, 2021 As summer roars to an end, how about some green tea? This week we’re featuring Tai Ping Houkui and Lu’an Gua Pian, the odd darlings of Anhui. These two teas stand out with their unusual cultivars, complicated plucking, and even-more-complicated processing. If you’ve never tried them before, prepare for a… // MORE
Newsletter Archive Sep. 3, 2021 This week brings two popular teas back into stock. That includes the small-batch-ripened Sweet Dragon Ball Shu Puer 2016 and the very fresh and fancy 2021 Silver Dragon Jasmine Pearls. With every new tea coming in, memories come too. As this season of jasmine tea arrives, we’re reminded of a… // MORE
Newsletter Archive: Sep. 1 2021 If you’re like us, you like trying new teas based on what’s especially good this season. We just created a new subscription service to give you that kind of recommendation on the regular. Meet The Tasting Flight: a monthly tea subscription. We designed this service to give you a variety… // MORE
Newsletter Archive Aug. 27, 2021 Have you tasted this season’s green tea micro-lots? Now is a good time to try them. We still have Mountain Forest Huangshan Maofeng, Yu Qian Mogan Green, and Huang Jin Ye (Golden Leaf), all of which might not return next year. Believe it or not, teas like this haven’t been… // MORE
